The world's fastest and most exclusive automotive brand prepares for success after the famed Bugatti Veyron supercar.

Since its introduction in 2005, the Bugatti Veyron has been one of the worlds most exclusive and sought after automobiles. The Veyron Super Sport, with its 1,200-bhp quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W-16 engine, presently holds the title of `world's fastest production car,' thanks to its top speed of 268 mph. It should come as no surprise that this kind of performance doesn't come cheap; the Veyron Super Sport is listed at approximately $2.5 million. Even if you have the means to afford one, you're too late, every one of the 47 built have already been sold.

Fear not, just in case you hit the lottery, or discover you're the sole heir of a long-lost tycoon, the targa-top Grand Sport and Grand Sport Vitesse (which shares the 1,200-bhp engine found in the Super Sport) are still available. Final sales and deliveries should take several more years, according to John Hill, Bugatti's market manager of the Americas. But what happens to the world's ritziest auto brand once its headline-grabbing supercar disappears. Is there life for Bugatti after the Veyron?

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We answer that question – and provide a peek at the world of Bugatti ownership – right now:

- Sales of the standard Veyron 16.4 (if you can call a 1,000-bhp supercar `standard') and Super Sport model are officially at an end. Yet as this story was being written, there were still 84 Veyron Grand Sport and Grand Sport Vitesse models available, according to John Hill of Bugatti. If you order one right now, expect to wait 12 months for delivery. Adding custom touches, like special seat trim or painted engine components, could make the wait even longer. Customers can also order an exposed carbon fiber body – the lightweight material is used extensively in the build of each Veyron. That feature alone costs about $390,000, or more than the combined price of a Ferrari 458 Italia and Porsche 911.

- Bugatti customers "tend to buy more than one," explains John Hill, adding that there are currently 55 people around the world with more than one Bugatti in their garage/s. One client presently owns 11 Veyrons. They purchase the car "because [the Veyron] is the pinnacle of their collection." That's a pretty tall order, especially when you consider the average Bugatti customer owns 35 cars.

- "We're listening to what our customers are asking," says Hill, regarding Bugatti's next vehicle. He confirms, "there will be future models" after the Veyron, though nothing official has been announced. Bugatti showed the Galibier (pronounced: Gah-Lib-Ee-Ay) sedan back in 2009. Since that time, the trail has gone slightly cold regarding a successor to the Veyron, and the Galibier technically remains a concept vehicle. "Other concepts have been shown" to customers, Hill told us, without mentioning specifics about the vehicles themselves. He didn't rule out the possibility that Bugatti could branch out and include a lineup of more than one model, however.